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Flood Impacted Illinoisans Eligible for SNAP

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Alex Degman

People impacted by spring floods can get help buying groceries.

SNAP benefits are available to people within a certain income range who live in one of the 33 counties that have been deemed disasters. To qualify, people must have had damage to their home or business, paid disaster-related expenses that were not reimbursed, or lost income as a result of the floods between April 16th and May 15th.

The Department of Human Services will start taking applications today. More information is available at DHS.STATE.IL.US